Leadership Traits of Today’s Greatest CEOs – Infographic

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Leadership Traits of Today’s Greatest CEOs – Infographic

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A great infographic that displays the Leadership traits of these 3 Leading CEOs.  Each CEO has a very different Leadership style from the next with a competitive and innovative approach to doing business.

An interesting activity to complete for your business is to take the Business Goals that are listed for each CEO and translate these into your work and what you are trying to achieve. To walk a short mile in the shoes of these CEOs and provide an objective look at your own goals.

1) To build a multipurpose service that everyone finds useful?

What are the steps that I am employing to ensure that my service is useful? How do I evaluate this? Does my team have ideas on how my ‘product’ or ‘service’ can be adapted or strengthened to make a difference?

2) Push Cloud Technology.

Am I working smarter? In this busy world does my team have access to critical data on the move? Is my information backed up and supported so we can become a Global player? What type of Cloud Technology will make my business react quicker?

3) Engage all demographic with product?

What can I do to reach more people? Have I looked at opportunities in a different demographic? Does my product limit my customer base when a slight change may open up further doors?

4) Keep Competitive.

Know my market, who is doing what and when? Am I changing for the sake of change or to move things forward and be competitive>

5) Create products that promote beautiful skin…

What does my product promote? I would like to provide a ‘beautiful’ solution in my industry, so when viewing ‘my skin’ what do I see?

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Five Types of Social Media Influencers | Social Media Today

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What makes a good influencer?“Influence” is a concept difficult to evaluate since it refers to both subjective and objective values, resulting in a measurement of:…

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The Explosion of Pinterest and Why You Should Read This Report

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This piece was written by Dave Copeland for Readwriteweb. There have been many articles about Pinterest but if you do nothing else, read the white paper by Engauge and report they’re referring to. It is absolutely the best one I’ve seen to date. (more details below)

 

The most important thing in this piece is the report, here’s what you’ll see:

 

A new Engauge white paper breaks down:

 

**the make-up of the average Pinterest user 

 

**shows that the end result of less reading is more of a focus on content curation than creation.

 

**The timing of that trend, combined with a stunning design when Internet users are focusing more on visual than text, has allowed Pinterest to explode in popularity.

 

This is what caught my attention – a quote from a user:

 

“When I’m looking for new trends on specific topics like fashion or birthday party themes, I now search Pinterest first — not Google.” – Karah Street

 

Curated by Jan Gordon covering “Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond”

 

If you’re in making Pinterest work for you, you might want to visit my other topic: Pinterest Watch. 

 

Read full article here: [http://rww.to/yQtDNQ]

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What is the right entry point for emerging markets: targeting customers at the bottom or the middle of the pyramid?

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Recently CEO Erich Joachimsthaler spoke with Harvard Business Review editor Angelia Herrin and Innosight’s Scott Anthony and P&G’s Bruce Brown in a Singapore Sessions webinar.   The group discussed “What is the right entry point for emerging markets: targeting customers at the bottom or the middle of the pyramid?”   In the webinar, the participants talk about where to enter in the pyramid and even how to define “middle class” in emerging markets.
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One of the key messages that makes me really think about the right entry point in this video is to look at the stresses it will place on your organisations and respond appropriately?

Some other key considerations to ponder are:

• It’s not just the product, it’s the business model
• Don’t just look to have local distribution but local developers as well
• Growth alone is not important…
• Note that these consumers are not gullible, they are very discerning and sophisticated consumers.

Finally, what is the marketing strategy that our business will use? Is it tailored for the appropriate audience in an emerging market, does it have the correct message?

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Travel Smarter: Over 100 Top Websites and Apps for Your Next Trip

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If you’re going to be traveling, either for business or pleasure, you might as well do it in style. Visit this monster list of travel resources to help you get the most out …
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How to Be Creative

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The image of the ‘creative type’ is a myth. Jonah Lehrer on why anyone can innovate—and why a hot shower, a cold beer or a trip to your colleague’s desk might be the key to your next big idea. From Imagine: How Creativity Works.
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A Look at Learning in China – Chief Learning Officer, Solutions for Enterprise Productivity

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Workplace and societal learning are evolving in Asia. China is focused on both internal and external markets for learning investments.
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A short and powerful read that will help you understand what is important to your Learners’ and your people in China including:

• Certifications have a heavy focus. Having a globally recognized certification is even more impressive and greatly impacts one’s hiring and compensation prospects
• Thriving businesses will have English level programs aimed at growing individuals’ competency
• Mobile device penetration in cities is almost 90 percent, and people use them constantly at work. How can you use this to adapt and reach your employees learning?
• Don’t be surprised if you review a CV and see a lot of roles…It is not unusual for a talented young person to have four jobs in two years — being headhunted away after just a few months for a higher salary
• Using an enterprise-wide project management or collaboration system can really help drive coordination and optimisation of processes
• Develop a program to help your people manage remotely
• Understand and manage well the differences between pay scales globally and the requirements regarding time and intensity of work

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Deloitte | Operation Globalization | Human Capital Trends 2012 | Human Resource

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Many companies are shifting to globally integrated operating models, where the home country is just one of many markets.
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How Expats Should Lead in China

Lynn Paine, Harvard Business School professor, offers five rules for western managers operating in the Chinese market.

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Leading Asia: It’s Time to Change the Rules.

Asia has enjoyed an enviable boom for the past 20 years and now it is time for the region to look globally, especially in relation to delegation of authority and power.

http://www.haygroup.com/downloads/ww/whitepaper_leadingasia_bcl2010.pdf

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